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United News, Release 139, 1945
in United News (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood: United Newsreel Corporation, 1945, originally published 1945), 10 mins
This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Franklin Delano Roosevelt takes the oath of office and delivers the inaugural address at the White House; Harry Hopkins, Secretary and Mrs. Stimson, Secretary and Mrs. Forrestal, Secretary Ickes, Admiral King, Secretary and Mrs. Stettinius, General...
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in United News (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood: United Newsreel Corporation, 1945, originally published 1945), 10 mins
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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Franklin Delano Roosevelt takes the oath of office and delivers the inaugural address at the White House; Harry Hopkins, Secretary and Mrs. Stimson, Secretary and Mrs. Forrestal, Secretary Ickes, Admiral King, Secretary and Mrs. Stettinius, General and Mrs. Marshall, Vice Presidents Wallace and Truman. 2. Demonstration of a sea rescue by a Coast Guard helicopter. 3. A Japanese air...
This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Franklin Delano Roosevelt takes the oath of office and delivers the inaugural address at the White House; Harry Hopkins, Secretary and Mrs. Stimson, Secretary and Mrs. Forrestal, Secretary Ickes, Admiral King, Secretary and Mrs. Stettinius, General and Mrs. Marshall, Vice Presidents Wallace and Truman. 2. Demonstration of a sea rescue by a Coast Guard helicopter. 3. A Japanese airbase on Puerto Princesa Island is bombed. 4. Ice breakers clear a path across Lake Michigan and men tie down airplanes on an aircraft carrier during a typhoon. 5. The 38th Infantry Division fights in Burma; General Daniel I. Sultan.
UNITED NEWS
Produced by United Newsreel Corporation RELEASED: JANUARY 26, 1945. Contents Sheet No. 139
1. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT INAUGURATED.
Script is available.
F.D.R. takes the oath of office and delivers the inaugural address at the White House. Personages: Harry Hopkins, Sec. and Mrs. Stimson, Sec. and Mrs. Forrestal, Sec. Ickes, Adm. King, Sec. and Mrs. Stettinius, Gen. and Mrs. Marshall, Vice Presidents Wallace and Truman.
2. SEA RESCUE BY HELICOPTER.
demonstrates a sea rescue by a Coast Guard helicopter.
3. JAPANESE AIRBASE HIT BY ALLIES IN PHILIPPINES.
a Japanese airbase on Puerto Princesa Island is bombed.
4. MEN AND SHIPS BATTLE WEATHER.
ice breakers clear a path across Lake Michigan and men tie down airplanes on an aircraft carrier during a typhoon.
5. ALLIED BURMA DRIVE CONTINUES.
the 38th Inf. Div. fights in Burma. Shows Gen. Daniel I. Sultan.
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Date Written / Recorded
1945
Field of Study
Newsreels
Content Type
Newsreel
Date Published / Released
1945-01-26, 1945
Publisher
United Newsreel Corporation
Series
United News
Person Discussed
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1882-1945
Topic / Theme
Ice floes, Inaugurations, Military defeats, War, Heads of state, War and Violence, American History, Depression & World War II (1929–1945), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Universal Newsreels, Release 366, January 22, 1945
in Universal Newsreels, Release 366 (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood: Universal Pictures Company, 1945, originally published 1945), 9 mins
This newsreel, published by Universal Pictures Company, is about the United Nations General Assembly, Franklin Roosevelt, and heads of state.
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in Universal Newsreels, Release 366 (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood: Universal Pictures Company, 1945, originally published 1945), 9 mins
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This newsreel, published by Universal Pictures Company, is about the United Nations General Assembly, Franklin Roosevelt, and heads of state.
Date Written / Recorded
1945
Field of Study
Newsreels
Content Type
Newsreel
Contributor
Ed Herlihy, 1909-1999
Date Published / Released
1945-01-22, 1945
Publisher
Universal Pictures Company
Series
Universal Newsreels
Speaker / Narrator
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1882-1945, Ed Herlihy, 1909-1999
Person Discussed
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1882-1945
Topic / Theme
Heads of state, Inaugurations, Presidents, International relations, Second Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945, U.S. Invades Luzon, January 9, 1945, War and Violence, American History, Depression & World War II (1929–1945), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Universal Newsreels, Release 395, October 7, 1935
in Universal Newsreels, Release 395 (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood: Universal Pictures Company, 1935, originally published 1935), 11 mins
This newsreel features election campaigns and government policies.
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in Universal Newsreels, Release 395 (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood: Universal Pictures Company, 1935, originally published 1935), 11 mins
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This newsreel features election campaigns and government policies.
UNIVERSAL NEWSPAPER NEWSREEL Volume VII Number 395
TIGERS DOWN CHICAGO CUBS TO CAPTURE WORLD'S SERIES
DETROIT, MICH.--The home team comes into its own at Navin Field, defeating the Windy City nine by 4 to 3 in the sixth game of the baseball championship. Immense crowds thrill as the changing fortunes of the opponents keep the issue in doubt.
HOOVER OPENS '36 CAMPAIGN
OAK...
This newsreel features election campaigns and government policies.
UNIVERSAL NEWSPAPER NEWSREEL Volume VII Number 395
TIGERS DOWN CHICAGO CUBS TO CAPTURE WORLD'S SERIES
DETROIT, MICH.--The home team comes into its own at Navin Field, defeating the Windy City nine by 4 to 3 in the sixth game of the baseball championship. Immense crowds thrill as the changing fortunes of the opponents keep the issue in doubt.
HOOVER OPENS '36 CAMPAIGN
OAKLAND, CALIF.--The former President makes his first strictly political speech since leaving the White House before a large gathering of Young Republicans, stating that the country is on a "joyride" to bankruptcy.
UTILITY WAR VICTIM BURIED
SCOTCH PLAINS, N. J.--Hundreds of sympathetic neighbors attend last rites for Mrs. Sophie Crempa, shot down and killed by a deputy attempting to arrest her husband as the climax of a long dispute between the Crempas and an electric light company.
MAX BAER BACK ON THE FARM
FAIR OAKS, CALIF.--The former heavyweight champion nurses the bruises he received from Joe Louis as he drives a tractor and milks cows on a ranch owned by his manager.
ORIENTALS SEE TIDAL BORE
HANGCHOW, CHINA.--A great wall of water makes its annual, inspiring trip up the narrow estuary, a huge foaming wave travelling at high speed over the surface and tossing moored vessels about like chips of wood.
PRESIDENT ASSERTS NATION INTENDS TO STAY AT PEACE
SAN DIEGO, CALIF.--The Chief Executive warns a huge throng at the California Pacific International Exposition that threats of war abroad are increasing in gravity and announces his policy of keeping the United States, "unentangled and free" of any conflict.
20 DIE IN PAINT EXPLOSION
CHICAGO, ILL.--A terrific blast of mysterious origin wrecks a paint-manufacturing plant, killing twenty persons and causing injuries to forty others. A falling wall crushes an automobile flat against the pavement.
ITALIAN TROOPS OPEN DRIVE
ERITREA.--Aided by shouting black allies from Italy's colonies, Il Duce's war machine moves into Ethiopia without a formal declaration of hostilities. The advancing soldiers cross the wilderness stretching along Haile Selassie's frontiers.
PRINCETON NOSES OUT PENN
PRINCETON, N. J. -- A fighting Tiger eleven marches down the gridiron in an brilliant last-quarter drive to snatch victory from a Red and Blue team by the score of 7 to 6, rousing 49,000 football fans to wild excitement.
"THE TALK OF THE WORLD"
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Date Written / Recorded
1935
Field of Study
Newsreels
Content Type
Newsreel
Date Published / Released
1935-10-07, 1935
Publisher
Universal Pictures Company
Series
Universal Newsreels
Speaker / Narrator
Herbert Hoover, 1874-1964
Person Discussed
Herbert Hoover, 1874-1964
Topic / Theme
Election campaigns, Government policy, Great Depression, 1929-1941, Italian Invasion of Ethiopia, 1935-1941, Trade and Commerce, War and Violence, American History, Depression & World War II (1929–1945), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1935 Universal Pictures Company Inc.
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Universal Newsreels, Release 913, September 23, 1940
in Universal Newsreels, Release 913 (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood: Universal Pictures Company, 1940, originally published 1940), 10 mins
This newsreel features election campaigns, government policies, and war.
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in Universal Newsreels, Release 913 (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood: Universal Pictures Company, 1940, originally published 1940), 10 mins
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This newsreel features election campaigns, government policies, and war.
UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL Release No 913
COVERING THE WORLD'S NEWS FOR YOUR SCREEN!
ON THE WAR FRONT
BRITAIN WITHSTANDING NAZI AIR ASSAULT
England's heroic defense against the German aerial armadas astounds the world. Despite terrible raids against London, in which even the King's palace is not spared. Britain continues to starve all attacks.
Winston Churchill, England's d...
This newsreel features election campaigns, government policies, and war.
UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL Release No 913
COVERING THE WORLD'S NEWS FOR YOUR SCREEN!
ON THE WAR FRONT
BRITAIN WITHSTANDING NAZI AIR ASSAULT
England's heroic defense against the German aerial armadas astounds the world. Despite terrible raids against London, in which even the King's palace is not spared. Britain continues to starve all attacks.
Winston Churchill, England's dynamic leader, and the King and Queen as well, inspect bomb damage in London following one of the city's worst raids in history, to cheer hapless persons who haze lost their homes and loved ones.
F. D. R. GETS UNIVERSITY DEGREE
PHILADELPHIA, PA.--Receiving an honorary L.I.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania at its bicentennial celebration, President Roosevelt says that only dictators fear a free election! He also inspects the Navy Yard here, where construction is being rushed on more warships for our Navy.
WILLKIE HAILED ON WEST COAST
LOS ANGELES, CALIF.--A record crowd of almost 100,000 turns out to see and hear the G.O.P. candidate at the Coliseum, as he continues to blast the New Deal. At the Golden Gate Exposition, 40,000 greet him after a triumphal tour through San Francisco.
NATIONAL GUARD BEGINS YEAR'S TRAINING
FORT DIX, N. J.--Uncle Sam's defense program shifts into high gear, with the arrival at camp of thousands of National Guardsmen, called out to serve a year with the Army. Life is busy for them--"In the Army Now!"
LEGIONNAIRES "TAKE" CITY
BOSTON, MASS.--Colorful scenes as the American Legion, many thousands strong, "captures" the Hub City for its annual convention. Following the dedication of a statue of Paul revere, the Legionnaires assemble at the "Garden" under Commander Kelly.
LARGEST FERRYBOAT LAUNCHED
MANITOWOC, WIS.--20,000 persons see the launching of the "City of Midland," world's biggest ferryboat. The streamlined craft weighs 6,000 tons and is 406 feet long! It will carry hundreds of passengers and autos on Lake Michigan.
HASH BEATS CHALLEDON IN UPSET
NARRAGANSETT, R. I.--Challedon, the odds-on favorite to win the $25,000 "Special," disappoints his followers as he comes in a half-length behind the Greentree Stable entry, in a spectacular finish.
VOLUME XII -- 1940
with GRAHAM McNAMEE -- by courtesy N. B. C.
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Date Written / Recorded
1940
Field of Study
Newsreels
Content Type
Newsreel
Contributor
Graham McNamee, 1888-1942
Date Published / Released
1940-09-23, 1940
Publisher
Universal Pictures Company
Series
Universal Newsreels
Speaker / Narrator
Wendell Lewis Willkie, 1892-1944, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1882-1945, Graham McNamee, 1888-1942
Person Discussed
Wendell Lewis Willkie, 1892-1944, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1882-1945
Topic / Theme
Election campaigns, Government policy, War, Blitz, September 1940-May 1941, New Deal, 1933-1938, War and Violence, American History, Depression & World War II (1929–1945), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1940 Universal Pictures Company Inc.
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